Study Kitchen and Bath Design part-time
Ontario College Graduate Certificate
Be a specialist in this high-demand industry. Our students consistently win National Kitchen and Bath Association awards!
Please refer to the Kitchen and Bath Design program page for all of the main details, including admissions requirements.
Program information
Program description
Kitchen and bath design is a specialized service within the residential interior decorating and design professions. Building on previous design education and experience, you enhance your design skills with leading-edge technology following industry guidelines. Applying knowledge of how to assess client needs, you focus on function-based and aesthetically pleasing design solutions, environmental considerations, and durability to create spaces that promote health, safety, and wellbeing through accessibility. You refine your design knowledge of industry specific materials, product specifications, fabrication methods, infrastructure issues, and business practices, while developing the skills necessary to create accurate and appealing technical and presentation drawings.
What career paths can I take as a kitchen or bathroom designer?
Your Kitchen and Bath Design graduate certificate gives you many career opportunities
Graduates may find employment with design studios offering kitchen and bath consultancy services, kitchen and bath specifiers and/or fabricators, building contractors and developers, in retail stores or warehouses that specialize in selling kitchen and bath products and finishes. Students with entrepreneurial skills may become freelance kitchen and bath designers or start up a business.
Review program admission requirements and information about career opportunities.
Course information
Course offerings and equivalents
Currently available courses are listed below.
How to apply to the part-time Kitchen and Bath Design graduate certificate program
Apply online through ontariocolleges.ca
- Make sure you meet program admission requirements
- Complete an online application using the Ontario College Application Service (OCAS) using the part-time program code
- When registration opens, select the course(s) from the program webpage course listing and follow the prompt steps to register and pay
Need help with your application?
Watch a video tutorial
- Watch a tutorial video to learn how to apply with the online application
Contact the Office of the Registrar
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Finance and fees
As a part-time student, you may be eligible for OSAP funding, depending on the number of courses you take per semester.
For more information about OSAP, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, visit the OSAP/financial aid webpage.
As a part-time student, you can take one to three courses per semester, paying on a course-by-course basis.
For course fee information, select a course from the course information section of this page.
Online learning
These courses are offered through OntarioLearn. Visit the OntarioLearn webpage to learn more.
OntarioLearn courses are set up as equivalents to the Georgian courses. You can choose to take the ODE courses or the Georgian courses.
When a Georgian course isn’t available to be delivered online, we’ve listed an OntarioLearn course in the delivery schedule. The majority of the Georgian courses have ODE equivalents set up. You can choose to take either course.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
Previous postsecondary education: If you’ve completed courses, or some or all of a program, at another accredited postsecondary institution, you may be able to transfer all or some of your courses into a related program at Georgian.
Relevant work or life experience: If you have relevant work and/or life experience that relates to your program(s) of interest at Georgian, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is an academic credit option.
To learn more about transfer credit and PLAR, visit the Credit for Prior Learning webpage.
Do you have questions about studying Kitchen and Bath Design part-time?
Questions about the program?
Tammy Burke-Marson, Programming Support Assistant